Road Traffic

Patrick McLoughlin: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the traffic volume is for each concrete stretch of the national trunk road network.

Stephen Ladyman: The following table gives the Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) data for each concrete surfaced section of the all purpose national trunk road network for 2005.
	
		
			  Route  Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT)  Percentage HGV 
			 A5 Knowl Hill, Milton Keynes 35,699 — 
			 A11 Barton Mills Bypass, Suffolk 38,100 — 
			 A11 Wymondham Bypass, Norfolk 35,400 — 
			 A11 Wymondham to A47 Thickthorn, Norfolk 35,400 — 
			 A12 Chelmsford Bypass, Essex 62,000 — 
			 A12 Hatfield Peverel and Witham (South), Essex 78,700 — 
			 A12 Margaretting Bypass, Essex 73,100 — 
			 A12 Rivenhall End and Kelvedon Bypass, Essex 78,700 — 
			 A12 Stanway Bypass, Essex 87,800 — 
			 A13 (1)82,000 — 
			 A14 Haughley New Street Bypass, Suffolk 40,200 — 
			 A14 Ipswich South-Eastern Bypass (Orwell Bridge to Levington), Suffolk 53,400 — 
			 A14 Ipswich South-Western Bypass (Copdock to Orwell Bridge), Suffolk 53,400 — 
			 A14 Ipswich Western Bypass (Claydon to Copdock), Suffolk 47,000 — 
			 A19 Billingham Bypass 37,400 17 
			 A30 Honiton to Exeter 28,500 — 
			 A30 Longrock 23,500 — 
			 A30 Whiddon Down 22,700 — 
			 A35 Tolpuddle/Puddletown 25,000 — 
			 A46 Willoughby-on-the-Wolds to Six Hills—dual carriageway Nearest town—Between Bingham and Leicester County—Leicestershire 24,000 — 
			 A47 Dereham Bypass 22,000 — 
			 A52 Bottesford Bypass—single carriageway Nearest town—Between Radcliffe-on-Trent and Grantham County—Leicestershire 16,500 — 
			 A63—A63 between A1034 and A15 36,100 18 
			 A63—A63 between A1079 and A1165 No AADT Data — 
			 A63—A63 between A1079 and A1166 52,900 15 
			 A120 Colchester Eastern Bypass 13,200 — 
			 A120 Wix Bypass 13,200 — 
			 A160—A160 between A1077 and A180 12,000 44 
			 A180—A180 between A1136 and A1173 30,300 16 
			 A180—A1 80 between A1136 and A180 30,800 15 
			 A180—A180 between A1173 and A160 22,100 19 
			 A180—A180 between A160 and M180 J5 No AADT Data — 
			 A303 between A356 and A358 (WB) 12,595 — 
			 A303 between A358 and A356 (E/B) 12,996 — 
			 A419/A417 DBFO concrete carriageway 29,894 — 
			 A483 Pulford Island to Welsh Border No Count information for 2005, AADT 2004 was 48,700 — 
			 (1) No AADT available. Figure provided is an actual traffic flow for October 2005. 
		
	
	The following table gives the Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) data for each concrete surfaced section of the motorway network for 2005.
	
		
			  Route  Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT)  Percentage HGV 
			 M1-A1 link J47-48N,A1M J44 65,800 17 
			 M1 A1 link J46-47 67,300 17 
			 M1 A1 link J44-45 80,900 17 
			 M1 A1 link J43-44 67,500 18 
			 M1 A1 link J42-43 132,600 15 
			 M1 A1 link J45-46 79,900 17 
			 M1 J7-5 105,000 — 
			 M3 J8 north of J9 57,000 — 
			 M4 J10 No AADT data available — 
			 M6 J12-13 117,849 — 
			 M11 J6-5 71,000 — 
			 M11 J7-8 93,333 — 
			 M18 J4-5 48,900 22 
			 M18 J5-6 47,600 26 
			 M18 J6-7 44,100 24 
			 M20 J8-9 56,000 — 
			 M25 J8-9 152,000 — 
			 M25 J9-10 153,000 — 
			 M25 J10-11 164,000 — 
			 M25 J24-25 127,000 — 
			 M25 J27-28 129,000 — 
			 M26 J2a-3 48,000 — 
			 M27 J5-7 122,000 — 
			 M42 J3a-4 126,800 — 
			 M42 J9-10 35,253 — 
			 M53 J11-12 No data for J11-12 so J10-11 used 62,300 — 
			 M54 J2-3 50,300 — 
			 M54 J3-4 50,100 — 
			 M54 J4-5 41,800 — 
			 M56 J15-16 No data for J15-16 so J14-15 used 96,700 — 
			 M60 J1-2 125,600 — 
			 M62 J34-35 43,800 23 
			 M62 J37-38 33,600 18 
			 M271 (North of M27 J3) 122,000 — 
			 M271 (South of M27 J3) 14,000 —

Child Trust Fund

Julia Goldsworthy: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of parents have made additional payments to their Child Trust Fund accounts.

Edward Balls: I refer the hon. Member to the answer on 27 February 2007 to the hon. Member for Tamworth (Mr. Jenkins),  Official Report, column 1306W.

Childbirth: Lancashire

Lindsay Hoyle: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many births there were in Lancashire in each of the last five years.

John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
	 Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 9 March 2007:
	As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many births there were in Lancashire in each of the last five years. (126219)
	The latest year for which figures are available is 2005. The table below shows the number of live births in the current county of Lancashire each year between 2001 and 2005.
	
		
			  Live births in Lancashire county( 1, 2 ) 2001-05 
			   Number of live births 
			 2001 12,164 
			 2002 11,716 
			 2003 12,463 
			 2004 13,082 
			 2005 13,084 
			 (1) Figures refer to live births to mothers usually resident in Lancashire. (2) Fibres do not include births to mothers usually resident b Blackpool UA or Blackburn with Darwen UA that were part of the former county of Lancashire.  Source:  ONS Key Population and Vital Statistics, Local and Health Authority Areas, Series VS nos. 28-31 and Birth Statistics, Series FM1 no.34

Life Expectancy: Cambridgeshire

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what life expectancy for  (a) males and  (b) females was in each parliamentary constituency in Cambridgeshire in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
	 Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 9 March 2007:
	As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what life expectancy for  (a) males and  (b) females was in each parliamentary constituency in Cambridgeshire in each year since 1997. (126227)
	Life expectancy figures are published for local authorities rather than parliamentary constituencies, and are calculated as three year rolling averages. The table below provides the period life expectancy at birth for  (a) males and  (b) females in each local authority district in Cambridgeshire, from 1996-98 to 2003-05 (the latest period available).
	
		
			  Table 1: Period life expectancy at birth( 1) , local authority districts in Cambridgeshire( 2) , 1996-98 to 2003-05( 3) 
			  Years of life 
			  Year/local authority  Male life expectancy  Female life expectancy 
			  Cambridge   
			 1996-98 76 82 
			 1997-99 76 82 
			 1998-2000 76 82 
			 1999-01 77 82 
			 2000-02 77 82 
			 2001-03 77 82 
			 2002-04 78 82 
			 2003-05 78 82 
			
			  East Cambridgeshire   
			 1996-98 77 80 
			 1997-99 77 81 
			 1998-2000 77 81 
			 1999-01 77 82 
			 2000-02 77 83 
			 2001-03 77 83 
			 2002-04 78 82 
			 2003-05 78 83 
			
			  Fenland   
			 1996-98 75 79 
			 1997-99 76 79 
			 1998-2000 75 80 
			 1999-01 75 80 
			 2000-02 75 80 
			 2001-03 75 80 
			 2002-04 76 81 
			 2003-05 76 81 
			
			  Huntingdonshire   
			 1996-98 76 81 
			 1997-99 77 81 
			 1998-2000 77 81 
			 1999-01 77 81 
			 2000-02 77 82 
			 2001-03 78 82 
			 2002-04 78 82 
			 2003-05 78 82 
			
			  South Cambridgeshire   
			 1996-98 77 82 
			 1997-99 78 82 
			 1998-2000 78 82 
			 1999-01 79 83 
			 2000-02 79 83 
			 2001-03 79 83 
			 2002-04 79 83 
			 2003-05 79 84 
			 (1 )Period life expectancy at birth is an estimate of the average number of years a newborn baby would survive if he or she experienced the area's age-specific mortality rates for that time period throughout his or her life. The figure reflects mortality among those living in the area in each time period, rather than mortality among those born in each area. It is not therefore the number of years a baby born in the area in each time period could actually expect to live, both because the death rates of the area are likely to change in the future and because many of those born in the area will live elsewhere for at least some part of their lives. (2) Using local authority boundaries as of 2006 for all the years shown. (3) Three year rolling averages, based on deaths registered in each year and mid-year population estimates. Figures are rounded to whole years.

Suicide: Children

Lindsay Hoyle: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many suicides there were among  (a) children and  (b) children under the age of 13 in each of the last 10 years in (i) the United Kingdom and (ii) Lancashire.

Dawn Primarolo: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
	 Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 9 March 2007:
	As National Statistician. I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many suicides there were among (a) children and (b) children under the age of 13 in each of the last 10 years in (i) the United Kingdom and (ii) Lancashire. (125730)
	The table below provides the number of deaths where suicide was the underlying cause of death, for children under the age of (a) 16 and (b) 13 years, from 1996 to 2005 (the latest year available), for (i) the United Kingdom and (ii) Lancashire county.
	So that comparison over time is for a consistent area, deaths in the current Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen unitary authorities, which were part of the former County of Lancashire, have not been included for any year.
	
		
			  Table 1: Number of deaths where suicide was the underlying cause of death( 1) , children under the age of (a) 16( 2)  and (b) 13 years, UK and Lancashire county( 3) ,1996-2005( 4) 
			  Deaths (persons) 
			   United Kingdom  Lancashire 
			   Under 16 years  Under 13 years  Under 16 years  Under 13 years 
			 1996 31 1 0 0 
			 1997 22 0 0 0 
			 1998 23 1 0 0 
			 1999 20 2 2 0 
			 2000 39 1 1 0 
			 2001 18 1 0 0 
			 2002 24 1 0 0 
			 2003 16 2 0 0 
			 2004 16 1 1 0 
			 2005 20 3 0 0 
			 (1) For children aged 10 to 14 years, the cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes E950-E959 for the years 1996 to 2000, and the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes X60-X84 for the years 2001 to 2005. For children aged 15 years, the definition of suicide also includes deaths caused through undetermined intent, defined using the ICD-9 codes E980-E989 excluding E988.8 for the years 1996 to 2000, and the ICD-10 codes Y10-Y34 excluding Y33.9 (where the Coroner's verdict was pending) for the years 2001 to 2005. Verdicts of suicide are not returned for children under the age of 10 years. (2) For the purposes of mortality statistics, children are defined as persons under the age of 16. (3) Based on the boundaries of Lancashire county as of 2007. Deaths in Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen unitary authorities are not included for any year. (4) Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year.

Teenage Pregnancy: East Sussex

Nigel Waterson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the rate of teenage pregnancy in  (a) Eastbourne and  (b) East Sussex was in each year since 1997.

John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
	 Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 9 March 2007:
	As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking what the rate of teenage pregnancy in (a) Eastbourne and (b) East Sussex was m each year since 1997. (125489)
	Available figures are estimates of the number of pregnancies that resulted in a live birth, stillbirth or termination. The government definition of teenagers in relation to pregnancy refers to girls aged under 18.
	Teenage conception numbers and rates for Eastbourne County District (CD) and East Sussex County for the years 1997-2005 (the most recent year for which figures are available), are shown in the table below. Figures for 2005 are provisional.
	
		
			  Teenage conceptions: numbers( 1)  and rates( 2)  for Eastbourne CD and East Sussex County, 1997-2005 
			   East Sussex county  Eastbourne CD 
			   Number  Rate  Number  Rate 
			 1997 316 37 63 49 
			 1998 336 40 56 44 
			 1999 323 39 68 53 
			 2000 324 39 75 54 
			 2001 262 31 51 35 
			 2002 315 36 77 47 
			 2003 323 36 78 46 
			 2004 347 38 80 48 
			 2005(3) 358 38 68 41 
			 (1) Figures for 2005 are provisional (2) Rate per 1,000 women aged 15-17 (3) Provisional

English Language: Adult Education

Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of expenditure on further education, adult learning and skills and lifelong learning was spent on English for speakers of other languages in each of the last five years.

Bill Rammell: holding answer 7 March 2007
	Since 2001, the funding for English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) has been provided through the Skills for Life strategy in response to regional and local demand. The proportion of expenditure(1) on further education, adult learning and skills and lifelong learning spent on ESOL is as follows (note: the figures for the financial year 2005-06 are not yet available):
	
		
			   ESOL  Total age 19+ participation  ESOL (percentage) 
			 2001-02 130 2,096 6.2 
			 2002-03 202 2,242 9.0 
			 2003-04 246 2,423 10.2 
			 2004-05 271 2,504 10.8 
			 Totals 849 9,265 9.2 
			 (1) To nearest £ million

Graduates: Lancashire

Lindsay Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of university graduates from Lancashire were employed full-time within two years of leaving university in the last year for which figures are available.

Bill Rammell: The available information is taken from the destination of leavers from higher education (DLHE) survey collected annually by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). The DLHE survey collects information on the first destination, six months after qualifying, which enables a breakdown by local authority level. The latest figures for Lancashire local authority, and comparable figures for the UK, are shown in the table. Figures for 2005/06 academic year will be available in summer 2007.
	
		
			  Destination of first degree graduates from the UK( 1)  and Lancashire local Authority( 1)  six months after graduation—UK higher education institutions academic year 2004/05 
			   UK  Lancashire local authority 
			  Destination  Numbers  Percentage  Numbers  Percentage 
			 Full-time paid work only (including self-employed) 111,830 55.2 2,205 56.8 
			 Part-time paid work only 16,510 8.1 340 8.8 
			 Voluntary/unpaid work only 1,790 0.9 25 0.6 
			 Work and further study 18,250 9.0 345 8.9 
			 Further study only 28,855 14.2 520 13.4 
			 Assumed to be unemployed 12,795 6.3 220 5.7 
			 Not available for employment 10,225 5.0 180 4.6 
			 Other 2,400 1.2 45 1.2 
			 Total known(2) 202,655 100.0 3,880 100.0 
			 (1 )Students have been identified by reference to their home postcode, postcode data is missing for a very small number of students from the UK (approximately less than 1 per cent.) (2) Based upon students of known destination six months after graduating does not include non-respondents or explicit refusals. The response rate was 81 per cent.  Note: Figures have been rounded to the nearest five.  Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). 
		
	
	This data is not routinely gathered for longer time periods after leaving. Occasionally such information is gathered from sample surveys that follow up graduates a few years after they have left university, but this is only available at national level. For example, the "Class of 99 Study" (published in 2005) obtained information on the destinations of a sample of 1999 UK graduates around four years after graduation. This showed that the majority were in full-time employment as follows:
	
		
			  Current situation, by gender 
			  Situation  Male  Female 
			 Full-time related to long-term career plans 69.5 65.7 
			 Part-time related to long-term career plans 1.5 4.7 
			 In full-time employment (other) 16.6 17.6 
			 In part-time employment (other) 1.7 3.1 
			 Self-employed 4.2 3 
			 Postgraduate study 6.5 8.3 
			 Unemployed and seeking work 3.2 1.9 
			 Out of the labour force/not seeking work 0.8 1.7 
			 Other 2.2 3.2 
			  Source: The Class of 99: Early Career Paths of 1999 Graduates

Learning Disability: Per Capita Costs

Lindsay Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what amount was spent per capita on students with learning difficulties in each of the last five years.

Bill Rammell: The following tables set out the amounts which have been allocated in respect of disabled students over the past five years. This includes:
	funding from the mainstream disability allocation, which is the main funding delivered by the Higher Education Funding Council (HEFCE) to higher education institutions (HEIs) to support disabled students;
	HEFCE's capital funding which has been provided to HEIs to improve provision for students with special needs, in line with the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and its extension in the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001;
	HEFCE's special initiative funding provided to HEIs and further education colleges which has funded 54 projects in two strands, to support small and/or specialist institutions with little provision for, or experience in supporting, students with disabilities and to develop and disseminate resources relating to the learning and teaching of disabled students; and
	The disabled students' allowance which can help pay the extra costs a disabled student may incur to attend a course of higher education, as a direct result of their disability or specific learning difficulty.
	We do not disaggregate these funds in respect of a student's type of disability. Nor are we able to provide details of amounts spent by institutions on individual disabled students through the HEFCE funding. The mainstream disability allocation is delivered as part of the block grant to HEIs and as such is available for the HEIs to use in the way best suited to meet the needs of their students. In addition, although the allocation is calculated using the numbers of students recorded on the Higher Education Statistics Agency record as being in receipt of the disabled students' allowance, the funding does not follow individual students. We do not hold information centrally about spend per student in terms of the capital and special initiative funding.
	
		
			   £ million 
			  Mainstream disability funding  
			 2002-03 9.8 
			 2003-04 10.3 
			 2004-05 10.4 
			 2005-06 12.3 
			 2006-07 12.9 
			   
			  Capital funds (provided over a two-year period)  
			 2002-04 56 
			   
			  Special initiative funding (projects) (provided over a two-year period)  
			 2003-05 5.5 
		
	
	In addition to the above HEFCE has provided approximately £1.2 million per year to a co-ordination team to provide support to the sector in the form of resources, advice and guidance. From 2002-05 this support was provided by the National Disability Team. Since January 2006, the Disability Equality Partnership has taken on this role.
	We do not break down awards of DSA by type of disability. Available data on English higher education students in receipt of DSA(1) are given in the table.
	(1) Data includes full-time, part-time, and postgraduate DSA allowances.
	
		
			  Disabled students' allowance (DSA) 
			  Academic year  Number of HE students in receipt of DSAs( 1)  Expenditure on DSAs (£ million)( 2)  Average DSA expenditure per student (£)( 3) 
			 2001/02 18,600 39.2 2,110 
			 2002/03 24,600 50.4 2,050 
			 2003/04(4) n/a n/a n/a 
			 2004/05 32,400 70.7 2,180 
			 2005/06 35,400 78.0 2,200 
			 (1) Numbers rounded to the nearest 10 students. (2) Numbers in millions. (3) Rounded to the nearest 10. (4) Due to a change in reporting arrangements, data are not centrally available for 2003/04.  Source: Student Loans Company (SLC)

Nurseries

Paul Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many day nurseries have  (a) closed and  (b) opened since 2003, broken down by (i) private, voluntary and independent and (ii) maintained nurseries.

Beverley Hughes: holding answer 6 March 2007
	The available information is shown in the following table.
	
		
			  Table 1: Full day care providers( 1) 
			   2003-04  2004-05  2005-06  March to December 2006 
			 Opened 2,500 2,800 2,300 1,700 
			 Closed 1,100 1,800 1,300 1,100 
			 (1) Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 if under 100, and to the nearest 100 if over 100.  Source: Ofsted 
		
	
	Ofsted data on closures include registered places in settings which are transferring ownership, and in settings which move from one Ofsted category to another, not just in those which are ceasing trading. For example, if a full day care provider moved to offering sessional provision, this would be recorded as a 'closed' full day care setting and an 'opened' sessional day care setting. The Ofsted data therefore exaggerate the true extent of turnover.
	Ofsted have produced figures on the numbers of registered childcare providers and places on a quarterly basis from March 2003. Their latest figures were published in their report "Registered Childcare Providers and Places, December 2006", which is available on their website at:
	www.Ofsted.gov.uk/

Young People: Homelessness

Lindsay Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many 16 year olds were recorded as homeless in  (a) the UK and  (b) Lancashire in each of the last 10 years.

Yvette Cooper: I have been asked to reply.
	Information about English local authorities' actions under homelessness legislation is collected in respect of households rather than persons. The number of households accepted by local authorities as eligible for assistance, unintentionally homeless and in priority need, and therefore owed a main homelessness duty, is not collected specifically for 16 year olds.
	We collect data by the priority need category of acceptances, including those applicants vulnerable through being 16 or 17 years old, which is available since 2003/04. However, note that some 16 and 17 year olds applicants may have been accepted in alternative priority need categories, for example through having dependant children or being a pregnant woman, and so will not show up in these figures.
	The following table present 16 or 17 year old priority need acceptance data for Lancashire local authorities, and for England. We do not hold data for the devolved administrations.
	
		
			  Acceptances (households) by priority need category—vulnerable through being 16 or 17 years old—Lancashire LAs and England 
			   16/17 year old priority need acceptances (households) 
			   2003/04  2004/05  2005/06 
			 Blackburn with Darwen 4 4 3 
			 Blackpool 34 21 25 
			 Burnley 15 16 9 
			 Chorley 27 19 28 
			 Fylde — — — 
			 Hyndburn 26 35 2 
			 Lancaster 10 — 11 
			 Pendle 18 15 9 
			 Preston 24 46 8 
			 Ribble Valley 6 3 1 
			 Rossendale 25 11 5 
			 South Ribble 44 28 18 
			 West Lancashire 4 3 3 
			 Wyre 7 13 4 
			 England 10,060 9,480 7,440 
			  Note: England figure includes imputed data for missing Las.  Source: CLG PIE Quarterly Homelessness Returns 
		
	
	In 2002, the Government strengthened the priority order to include young people who were at risk of homelessness in England and encouraged local authorities to take positive steps to tackle youth homelessness.
	In 2006, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government announced a commitment to end the use of bed and breakfast hotels for 16 and 17 years olds, except in emergencies, by 2010; establishing supported lodging schemes across the country; and a drive to improve access to mediation schemes.

Children

Annette Brooke: To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what follow-up studies he has commissioned on the effectiveness and acceptability of the childcare voucher scheme introduced two years ago for those working in the House; and if he will make a statement.

Nick Harvey: In 2003, following a feasibility study, it was decided to extend the child care voucher provision for House staff to Members' staff. Provision of vouchers was thought to be the best solution to child care arrangements as it allows parents the choice of where best to have their children cared for. Take up of the scheme is currently 125 House staff and 55 Members' staff. There has been no more recent study of the child care scheme.
	The Members Estimate Committee is looking again at child care provision for Members.

Air Pollution: Aviation

Martin Horwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps his Department is taking to encourage reductions in non-carbon dioxide greenhouse gas emissions from air travel.

Ian Pearson: holding answer 6 March 2007
	The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates the total impact of aviation on climate change to be 2-4 times that of its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions alone. The Government have consistently called for both the CO2 and non-CO2 impacts of aviation to be addressed to the extent that is possible. For an international industry, an international trading scheme is the best solution and we are therefore pursuing this in the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). However, we recognise that the need for consensus among the participating states in ICAO means progress will take time, and until a truly global solution can be found, including aviation CO2 emissions in the EU ETS represents the best multilateral option available.
	We welcome the European Commission's proposal, published in December 2006, for legislation to include aviation in the EU ETS. The Government agrees that non-CO2 effects of aviation would be best dealt with by a separate, tailored instrument and looks forward to the Commission's proposal to address nitrous oxide (NOX) emissions by the end of 2008. We will continue to work with the Commission and other member states during negotiation of the directive.
	The Government have also invested £5 million in the opportunities for meeting the environmental challenge of growth in aviation (OMEGA) project. This will foster knowledge transfer from academic research centres to industry and help the aviation sector respond to the sustainability challenge. We welcome the industry's sustainable aviation strategy as the start of an ongoing process and look forward to deepening and strengthening of targets.

Biofuels: Production

Daniel Kawczynski: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Government's five per cent. bio fuel target is met by domestic production; and what percentage of bio-fuel production is from domestic supply.

Ian Pearson: The Government are incentivising the production and use of biofuels through a 20 pence per litre duty rate cut for biodiesel and bioethanol which has been extended to 2008-09. This has led to a growth in the sales of biofuel, with a total of around 30 million litres of biofuels sold a month in 2006. This represents a market share of over 0.5 per cent. of road fuel for 2006, compared to 0.24 per cent. in 2005.
	At present, the UK produces biofuels from recycled waste vegetable oil and animal fats. However, a number of companies are either building, or planning to build, biofuel processing plants which will use UK-grown crops (such as oilseed rape, sugar beet and wheat) as a feedstock. A new plant in Scotland will produce 50 million litres of biodiesel a year from animal fats and used cooking oil. A new plant on Teesside will produce up to 250 million litres of biodiesel a year from oilseed rape and other vegetable oils. A plant is being built in Norfolk that will produce biofuels from sugar beet and other feedstocks, and various other plants are at the planning stage.
	The Home-Grown Cereals Authority and the Renewable Energy Association have recently held a series of regional biofuel workshops across England aimed at helping to develop a UK biofuels industry. The workshops covered Government policy, local activities and opportunities for farmers.
	Farmers can also grow biofuel crops on set-aside land, or claim the €45 per hectare EU energy aid payment in respect of crops grown on non set-aside land, and still claim the EU Single Payment. The development of second generation biofuels should offer opportunities in the future to use feedstocks such as grasses and woody biomass.

Honours

Andrew Dismore: To ask the Solicitor-General what the reasons were for the Attorney-General's intervention at court in relation to the current police investigation into honours; and if he will make a statement.

Mike O'Brien: At all stages the Attorney-General was acting in his public interest capacity entirely independently of Government, which is a long-standing and well-established part of his role. His purpose was to protect the administration of justice. In particular, he acted at the request of the Metropolitan Police given their concerns that disclosure of certain information would impede their ongoing inquiries.
	There is of course a legitimate public interest in freedom of the press. But this must sometimes be balanced against the strong public interest in ensuring that crime is properly investigated and (where a trial takes place) that any trial is fair. That balance must be struck in accordance with the law and, ultimately, by the courts.
	The strict liability rule under the Contempt of Court Act 1981 accordingly prevents publications which give rise to a substantial risk of serious prejudice to the course of justice. The rule applies once there has been an arrest. In previous cases the Attorney has acted under the 1981 Act to restrain publications where police investigations are under way and before charges have been brought. For example in 2004 he obtained an injunction to prevent the publication of photographs of suspects arrested in a counter-terrorism investigation, although no charges had been brought at that stage. Also in 2004 the Attorney-General took action against Express Newspapers for publishing the identities of footballers accused of rape. The action was successful and resulted in a fine of £60,000 plus costs. In the event the police investigation itself did not lead to a prosecution.
	In the current honours case the sequence of events was as follows. On Friday 2 March, at the request of and in full cooperation with the police, the Attorney-General sought an injunction against the BBC to prevent the disclosure of certain information. After full argument, in court, Mr. Justice Wilkie granted the injunction. The judge ordered that the terms of the injunction were to be kept confidential. There was no argument (as reported in some places) by the Attorney-General that the BBC should be prevented from reporting the 'fact' that an injunction had been granted.
	Over the weekend,  The Sun and  The Mail on Sunday approached the Attorney-General's Office in relation to specific material which they proposed to publish about this case. In view of police concerns that publication would impede their investigation, those newspapers agreed voluntarily not to publish that material.
	On Monday 5 March the terms of the injunction against the BBC were varied to allow the BBC to report certain matters that had appeared in the newspapers over the weekend.
	Later on 5 March  The Guardian approached the Attorney-General's Office about a story it proposed to publish the following day.  The Guardian were informed that, in the police's view, publication of the proposed material would again potentially undermine their investigation. However  The Guardian refused to undertake not to publish. Accordingly lawyers acting for the Attorney-General's office, at the request of the police, sought an injunction to restrain publication of the material. Mrs. Justice Swift declined to grant such an injunction, on the grounds that during the hearing of the application itself the newspapers were printed and were being distributed.
	In the light of  The Guardian story on 6 March, the police considered that it was not tenable or appropriate for them to seek to maintain the injunction against the BBC or the undertakings obtained from the other newspapers. Accordingly, at a hearing on 6 March the police and the Attorney-General agreed to the lifting of the original injunction against the BBC.
	The police remain concerned that the reporting of certain aspects of this information could undermine the investigation.
	In acting to restrain the disclosure of particular material, and in agreeing to the lifting of the injunction, the Attorney-General should not be taken to have indicated or confirmed the accuracy of any aspect of that material.

Alcohol Consumption

Dai Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment she has made of the health impact on young people of the increase in under 18 consumption of alcohol.

Caroline Flint: The number of young people receiving treatment as a result of alcohol misuse is a matter for concern. The Government are determined to reduce the harm caused by alcohol to those under 18 and to young people generally and is committed to educating young people, for example through the Know Your Limits campaign, the Healthy Schools Programme and the Teen Life Check, on the very real harm it causes. It is vital that we make children and young people aware of sensible drinking messages. This will be an important issue for consideration when the alcohol harm reduction strategy is reviewed during 2007.
	
		
			  All diagnoses count of finished admission episodes for under-18s with an alcohol-related diagnosis 1997-98 to 2005-06 (national health service hospitals, England). 
			   Number 
			 1997-98 6,456 
			 1998-99 5,809 
			 1999-2000 6,775 
			 2000-01 6,316 
			 2001-02 6,449 
			 2002-03 6,259 
			 2003-04 7,063 
			 2004-05 7,591 
			 2005-06 8,582 
			  Notes: 1. Diagnosis codes: F10 mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol; K70 alcoholic liver disease; T51 Toxic effect of alcohol. 2. Data are provided from 1997-98 to 2005-06 for under-18s with an alcohol-related diagnosis in either the primary diagnosis field or one of the secondary diagnosis fields. 3. Finished admission episodes: A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Please note that admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year. 4. All diagnoses count of episodes: These figures represent a count of all FCEs where the diagnosis was mentioned in any of the 14 (seven prior to 2002-03) diagnosis fields in a HES record. 5. Data quality: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) are compiled from data sent by over 300 NHS trusts and primary care trusts (PCTs) in England. The Information Centre for health and social care liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data via HES processes. While this brings about improvement over time, some shortcomings remain. 6. Ungrossed data: Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed).  Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, The Information Centre of health and social care

Cervical Cancer: Screening

Derek Wyatt: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cervical smears have been undertaken in the East Kent and Coastal Primary Care Trust (PCT) and its previous incarnations in each year since 2004; and how many reminders of the need for a cervical smear were sent to women by the PCT in each such year.

Caroline Flint: The following tables show the number of women tested, the total number of tests and the total number of women invited for screening tests under the cervical screening programme in Eastern and Coastal Kent Primary Care Trust (PCT) area in the years requested. The number of reminders is not collected centrally.
	
		
			  Cervical screening programme: Number of women tested, number of tests, and number of women invited in Eastern and Coastal Kent PCT 
			  Number of women tested( 1)  in the review period 
			 2003-04  2004-05  2005-06 
			 Eastern and Coastal Kent PCT 5QA Total all ages 49,109 48,424 48,685 
			Of which:
			   25-64 42,948 44,324 45,461 
			   
			 Ashford PCT 5LL Total all ages 7,801 7,909 7,858 
			Of which:
			   25-64 7,039 7,339 7,434 
			   
			 Canterbury and Coastal PCT 5LM Total all ages 11,959 10,969 11,437 
			Of which:
			   25-64 10,138 10,057 10,671 
			   
			 East Kent Coastal PCT 5LN Total all ages 15,699 15,672 15,757 
			Of which:
			   25-64 13,828 14,304 14,684 
			   
			 Shepway PCT 5LP Total all ages 6,840 6,552 6,646 
			Of which:
			   25-64 6,093 6,009 6,201 
			 Swale PCT 5L4 Total all ages 6,810 7,322 6,987 
			Of which:
			   25-64 5,850 6,615 6,471 
			 (1) First test in the review period  Source: KC53 part C1 The Information Centre 
		
	
	
		
			  Number of tests in the review period 
			2003-04  2004-05  2005-06 
			 Eastern and Coastal Kent PCT 5QA 53,209 52,752 53,509 
			 Ashford PCT 5LL 8,462 8,669 8,723 
			 Canterbury and Coastal PCT 5LM 12,869 11,879 12,475 
			 East Kent Coastal PCT 5LN 16,916 17,113 17,276 
			 Shepway PCT 5LP 7,435 7,211 7,393 
			 Swale PCT 5L4 7,527 7,880 7,642 
			  Note: Unable to identify 25 to 64-year-olds  Source: KC53 part C3 The Information Centre 
		
	
	
		
			  Number invited for screening 
			 2003-04  2004-05  2005-06 
			 Eastern and Coastal Kent PCT 5QA Total all ages 61,812 58,610 61,358 
			Of which:
			   25-64 51,716 52,917 56,199 
			   
			 Ashford PCT 5LL Total all ages 9,660 9,559 9,706 
			Of which:
			   25-64 8,386 8,708 9,015 
			   
			 Canterbury and Coastal PCT 5LM Total all ages 16,702 13,438 14,991 
			Of which:
			   25-64 13,041 11,907 13,523 
			   
			 East Kent Coastal PCT 5LN Total all ages 20,488 18,885 19,419 
			Of which:
			   25-64 17,541 17,139 17,882 
			   
			 Shepway PCT 5LP Total all ages 8,675 8,037 8,478 
			Of which:
			   25-64 7,528 7,298 7,806 
			   
			 Swale PCT 5L4 Total all ages 6,287 8,691 8,764 
			Of which:
			   25-64 5,220 7,865 7,973 
			  Note: Data prior to 2004-05 re-used with the permission of the Department of Health  Source: KC53 part B The Information Centre

Cervical Cancer: Screening

Paul Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment her Department has made of progress by NHS organisations in rolling out the new screening procedure for cervical cancer.

Rosie Winterton: When the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence published their technology appraisal on liquid based cytology (LBC) in October 2003, we estimated that it would take five years for full implementation across the national health service as all staff who take and read cervical screening samples have to be retrained in the new technique.
	By the end of March 2007, 83 per cent. of laboratories in England will have converted to LBC. The rate of inadequate tests (where the cervical sample cannot be read and analysed) in England fell from 9 per cent. in 2004-05 to 7.2 per cent. in 2005-06 as a direct result of the ongoing roll-out of LBC. We would expect these to fall to between one and 2 per cent. with full implementation. This will mean that around 300,000 women a year will not have to go through the anxiety and discomfort of being retested, and the NHS will not have to use resources to undertake these tests.

Departments: Discrimination

Joan Ruddock: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress her Department has made in achieving gender equality in public appointments to bodies which fall within her Department's responsibility since 1997.

Rosie Winterton: holding answer 5 March 2007
	The appointment of national health service trust chairs has been delegated to the Appointments Commission by the Secretary of State. I have, therefore, asked the Commission to write to you with the detailed information you have requested.

Health Services: Cumbria

Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on services commissioned at the  (a) West Cumberland hospital, Whitehaven,  (b) Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle, and (c) Cumberland Infirmary's predecessor in each year since 1997.

Rosie Winterton: The information requested is shown in the table.
	
		
			  Income from activities (provision of healthcare services  1998-99 to 2005-06 
			  £000 
			   West Cumbria Healthcare NHS trust  Carlisle Hospitals NHS trust  North Cumbria Acute NHS trust 
			 1998-99 48,063 47,602 n/a 
			 1999-2000 52,174 67,789 n/a 
			 2000-01 55,152 63,031 n/a 
			 2001-02 n/a n/a 112,186 
			 2002-03 n/a n/a 119,700 
			 2003-04 n/a n/a 129,296 
			 2004-05 n/a n/a 145,207 
			 2005-06 n/a n/a 159,544 
			  Source: NHS trust audited summarisation schedules for the relevant trusts.

Health Services: Cumbria

Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the financial allocations were for the Cumbria primary care trust and its predecessors in each year since 1997.

Rosie Winterton: Revenue allocations were made to health authorities (HAs) between 1997-98 and to primary care trusts (PCTs) between 2003-04 and 2007-08. Table 1 shows the allocations to HAs in Cumbria. Table 2 shows the allocations to the PCTs which merged on 1 October 2006 to become Cumbria PCT.
	
		
			  Table 1: Allocations to HAs in Cumbria 
			  £ million 
			  HA  1996-97  1997-98  1998-99  1999-00  2000-01  2001-02  2002-03 
			 Morecambe Bay 139.7 145.3 151.7 205.7 224.1 243.0 268.4 
			 North Cumbria 132.7 138.0 144.7 198.9 217.8 235.5 261.7 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 2: Allocations to PCT in Cumbria 
			  £ million 
			  PCT  2003-04  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08 
			 Carlisle and District 102.3 112.0 122.2 144.9 158.5 
			 Eden Valley 58.4 63.7 69.1 83.1 90.3 
			 Morecambe Bay 289.9 316.3 344.2 404.4 438.5 
			 West Cumbria 122.8 133.8 145.2 171.9 188.2 
			  Note: The area covered by the former Morecambe Bay PCT is now split between Cumbria and North Lancashire PCTs

Hepatitis: Greater London

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of hepatitis C there were in each London borough in each of the last five years.

Caroline Flint: The numbers of laboratory cases of hepatitis C reported in the London region are shown in the table. Data for individual London boroughs are not collected centrally.
	
		
			   Number of laboratory cases 
			 2002 366 
			 2003 460 
			 2004 895 
			 2005 898 
			 2006 822 
			  Notes: Laboratory serological tests are not able to differentiate between acute and chronic cases of hepatitis C infection. Therefore laboratory reports of hepatitis C contain both recently acquired and past infections. For this reason the data represent newly diagnosed cases of hepatitis C as opposed to newly acquired infections.  Source:  Health Protection Agency Data as at 28 February 2007. Data for 2006 are provisional.

Influenza

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she expects to publish an updated contingency plan on pandemic influenza.

Rosie Winterton: We are revising the existing plan for a response to pandemic influenza, updating it in the light of current knowledge and expanding it to cover all relevant Government Departments. The framework has been tested recently in exercise winter willow and will be made available to the public shortly for discussion before a final framework is produced and published in the summer.

Influenza: Disease Control

John Spellar: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 19 February 2007,  Official Report, column 49W, on influenza: disease control, whether the World Health Organisation was involved in Operation Winter Willow.

Rosie Winterton: The World Health Organisation participated in the exercise Winter Willow that was conducted to test the United Kingdom's response to an outbreak of pandemic influenza at local, regional and national levels.

Life Expectancy

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the evidential basis was of the statement made by the Minister of State for Delivery and Quality on 14 December 2006,  Official Report, column 357WH, that the burden of disease is higher in areas with the lowest life expectancy than it is in areas with the longest life expectancy; and what definition of the burden of disease she uses.

Andy Burnham: The evidential basis for my statement is four indicators: premature mortality rates in under 75s from cancer and coronary heart disease; and in under 65s from stroke, and the prevalence of diabetes in people of all ages, as a proxy for the burden of disease.
	The following table shows that the 5 per cent. of primary care trusts (PCTs) with the longest life expectancy have a lower average burden of disease for each of the four indicators than the 5 per cent. of PCTs with the shortest life expectancy.
	
		
			   Males  Females 
			   Averages for the five per cent of PCOs with the  Averages for the five per cent of PCOs with the 
			   Shortest life expectancy  Longest life expectancy  Shortest life expectancy  Longest life expectancy 
			  Age standardised mortality rate per 100,000 population 
			 Cancer <75 years 180.49 113.67 138.52 92.06 
			 CHD <75 years 136.06 59.58 48.10 17.80 
			 Stroke <65 years 16.22 6.86 11.39 6.86 
			  
			  Percentage of persons on GPs' lists registered as diabetic 
			 Diabetes prevalence 3.8 3.1 4.0 3.2 
			  Notes: 1. The aggregate figures are population weighted averages (using populations rounded to the nearest 100 for the life expectancy and mortality data). For the life expectancy and directly age-standardised mortality rates, using a population-weighted average is only an approximation to the actual figures for the aggregate of areas. 2. The 5 per cent. of primary care organisations with the shortest/longest life expectancy values have been selected by ranking all PCOs by life expectancy (for males and females separately). Around the "cut off" point, if two or more PCOs have the same life expectancy, all PCOs with that figure for life expectancy are included in the "longest" or "shortest" 5 per cent. grouping. 3. Life expectancy at birth—data for PCOs for 2001-03. Primary care organisations (boundaries as of April 2003) 4. Mortality rates are directly age-standardised rates (DSR) per 100,000 European Standard population Data years 2002-04 (pooled) Causes of death are based on the International Classification of Diseases version 10 Mortality from all cancers (ICD10 C00-C97) Mortality from coronary heart disease (ICD10 120-125) Mortality from stroke (ICD10 160-169) Data are based on the original underlying cause of death. Data are based on the latest revisions of ONS population estimates for the respective years, current as at 20 December 2005. 5. Diabetes—unadjusted prevalence—aggregate figures for PCT not accounting for age-sex distribution of the PCT population Unadjusted prevalence = (number on disease register/list size) *100 Data for financial year 2005-06  Sources: 1. For life expectancy and mortality rate data: Health and Social Care Information Centre. Compendium of Clinical and Health Indicators/Clinical and Health Outcomes Knowledge Base (www.nchod.nhs.uk or nww.nchold.nhs.uk) National Statistics 2. For diabetes prevalence: Health and Social Care Information Centre, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) QMAS database—2005-06 data as at end of June 2006 http://www.ic.nhs.uk/servicesnew/gof06/spreadsheets/ICfolder_view 
		
	
	In addition, there is a widening body of evidence which shows that proximity to death has a larger impact on health care costs than age. On average, around a quarter of all health care someone consumes in their lifetime is consumed in the last year of their life. This is what links the burden of disease to premature mortality.

NHS Confederation: Finance

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding the Government provided to the NHS Confederation in each of the last 10 years.

Andy Burnham: pursuant to the reply, 19 February 2007, Official Report, c. 57-58W
	The information requested for years 2001-02 to date is recorded in the table as follows. Information before 2001-02 could be supplied only at disproportionate cost.
	
		
			  £ 
			  Supplier  2001-02  2002-03  2003-04  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07 to 5 February 2007 
			 NHS Confederation 299,685 60,420 759,741 1,864,666 202,268 131,376 
			 NHS Confederation Project Company 0 544,139 1,065,665 1,663,516 169,693 762 
			 NHS Confederation Trading Company 333 0 0 0 0 0 
			 The NHS Confederation Trading 0 0 30,795 0 0 0 
			 NHS Confederation (Employers) 0 0 0 2,763,803 15,168,260 18,071,002 
			 Total 300,018 604,559 1,856,201 6,291,985 15,540,221 18,203,140

NHS: Private Finance Initiative

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which private finance initiative health projects have been cancelled in each year since 1997.

Andy Burnham: The Department does not keep records of private finance initiative (PFI) schemes below £10 million who have advertised in the  Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU). Schemes above this threshold which have advertised in OJEU and then subsequently stood down their bidders or ended the procurement in each year since 1997 are listed.
	
		
			Capital value (£ million) 
			 1997 Rochdale National Health Service Trust(1) 24 
			  Central Sheffield University Hospitals NHS Trust(1) 24 
			  Berkshire and Battle NHS Foundation Trust(1) 84 
			  Guy's and St. Thomas NHS Foundation Trust (1) 50 
			
			 2000 Thames Gateway NHS Trust(1) 13 
			  Southampton Community Health Services NHS Trust(2) 20 
			  Portsmouth Healthcare NHS Trust(3) 11 
			  Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust(3) 14 
			
			 2004 Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 50 
			
			 2006 Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust 167 
			
			 2007 Plymouth NHS Trust(4) 400 
			  Plymouth NHS Trust(4) 200 
			 (1) These scheme subsequently went ahead using public capital. (2) This was re-tendered as a PFI scheme and opened to patient in January 2007. (3) These schemes were incorporated into larger PFI schemes which subsequently went ahead. (4) These schemes were proposals developed after an initial £340 million scheme which went out to OJEU in 2004 was reviewed. 
		
	
	In the written answer given to the hon. Member on 14 December 2006,  Official Report, column 1365W, I regret I did not give the information on costs of preparing business cases for failed PFI schemes for Berkshire and Battle NHS Trust and Guy's and St. Thomas NHS Trust. These are both foundation trusts and detailed information on abortive costs are not held centrally; this information can be sought from their respective chief executives.

Nurses

Greg Mulholland: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many vacancies for nurses there are in the NHS, broken down by region.

Rosie Winterton: holding answer 7 March 2007
	The table shows the number of three month vacancies for qualified nurses as at 31 March 2006 broken down by strategic health authority region.
	
		
			  Three months vacancies for total qualified nurses as at 31 March 2006 
			   Qualified nurses 
			  England 2,884 
			   
			  North East 109 
			 County Durham and Tees Valley 62 
			 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear 47 
			   
			  North West 210 
			 Cheshire and Merseyside 60 
			 Cumbria and Lancashire 27 
			 Greater Manchester 123 
			   
			  Yorkshire and the Humber 312 
			 North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 153 
			 South Yorkshire 24 
			 West Yorkshire 135 
			   
			  East Midlands 139 
			 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland 105 
			 Trent 35 
			   
			  West Midlands 107 
			 Birmingham and The Black Country 65 
			 Shropshire and Staffordshire 5 
			 West Midlands South 37 
			   
			  East of England 386 
			 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 150 
			 Essex 73 
			 Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire 163 
			   
			  London 1,107 
			 North Central London 182 
			 North East London 140 
			 North West London 432 
			 South East London 333 
			 South West London 20 
			   
			  South East Coast 202 
			 Kent and Medway 18 
			 Surrey and Sussex 185 
			   
			  South Central 229 
			 Hampshire and Isle of Wight 166 
			 Thames Valley 63 
			   
			  South West 69 
			 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 39 
			 Dorset and Somerset 7 
			 South West Peninsula 23 
			   
			  Special health authorities and other statutory bodies 12 
			  Notes: 1. SHA figures are based on trusts and do not necessarily reflect the geographical provision of Healthcare. 2. Three month vacancies are vacancies as at 31 March 2006 which trusts are actively trying to fill which had lasted for three months or more (full-time equivalents).  Source: National Health Service March 2006 Vacancy Survey.

Nurses

Greg Mulholland: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent by the Government on media advertisements and promotional activities seeking to attract people to nursing in each of the last three years.

Rosie Winterton: holding answer 7 February 2007
	The Department has not undertaken any solely nursing recruitment advertising or promotion during the period requested. However, we have undertaken advertising and promotional activities for recruitment to the national health service as a whole, including nursing, and that spend covering the last three years can be provided.
	The table sets out the cost of for NHS Careers recruitment publicity for years 2003-06.
	
		
			  National health service including nurse recruitment 
			   £ million 
			 2003-04 6.72 
			 2004-05 9.22 
			 2005-06 3.33

Primary Care Trusts: Greater London

Derek Conway: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the primary care trusts in London which have chairmen appointed on a temporary basis.

Rosie Winterton: The appointment of national health service trust chairs has been delegated to the Appointments Commission by the Secretary of State. I have, therefore, asked the Commission to write to you with the detailed information you have requested.

Iraq: Peace Keeping Operations

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will estimate the number of soldiers serving with UK forces from each country of the Commonwealth in  (a) Iraq and  (b) Afghanistan.

Derek Twigg: Data on the nationality of armed forces personnel deployed on operation is not held centrally in databases of individual records and it is therefore not possible to give figures by Nationality.

Warships

Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence 
	(1)  when he expects to reply substantively to question 109277, on destroyer and frigate availability, tabled by the hon. Member for New Forest, East for named day answer on 18 December 2006;
	(2)  how many of the Fleet's  (a) destroyers and  (b) frigates are not available for service; and for what reason in each case.

Adam Ingram: holding answers 2 March 2007
	I refer the hon. Member to the letter I sent to him on 6 March 2006, which identifies the destroyers and frigates that are at low states of readiness. These include one destroyer (HMS Liverpool and four frigates (HMS Cumberland, HMS Somerset, HMS Iron Duke and HMS St. Albans). As explained in my letter, in all cases these ships are at low readiness because they are preparing for, or undergoing, refit.

Energy: Conservation

Anne Snelgrove: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what consideration he is giving to electric heating as part of requirements to reduce the carbon footprint of new buildings.

Malcolm Wicks: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on 5 March 2007,  Official Report, column 1799W.

Radioactive Wastes: Waste Management

Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussions he has had with the Scottish Executive on the implementation of the recommendations of the report of the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management on the disposal of nuclear waste.

Malcolm Wicks: The UK Government and the devolved Administrations have worked together closely on radioactive waste policy and in particular on the Managing Radioactive Waste Safely (MRWS) programme. The Scottish Executive and other devolved Administrations have been party to the arrangements that have been set in place and the decisions that have been taken. That was made clear when Scottish and Welsh Ministers made statements to the Scottish Parliament and the National Assembly for Wales on 25 October 2006, similar to that made on the same day in the House of Commons by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (David Miliband), on the Government response to recommendations of the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management. Scottish Executive and other devolved Administration officials continue to contribute strongly to the work now being done.

Renewable Energy

Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what recommendations of the Foresight Energy Panel on the development of low carbon communities have been  (a) accepted,  (b) rejected and  (c) implemented; and if he will make a statement.

Malcolm Wicks: The Foresight Energy Panel ran from 1994-99, and was succeeded by the Energy and Natural Environment Panel (1999-2002). These panels reported in 1996 and 2000 respectively. None of their recommendations refer to the development of low-carbon communities.
	The texts of the two Panels' recommendations are given below for information.
	 Energy and Natural Environment Foresight Panel, 2000( 1) —Recommendations
	The consultation document and responses to it have collectively begun to highlight key opportunities and challenges; and also to identify some of the main areas for the improved use of "know-how" through R and D. Our consultations suggest that there is a general consensus of view at the very broad-brush level.
	Successful innovation and application will be focused and driven forward by the knowledge, enthusiasm and interests of those developing research and the entrepreneurial flair of those who wish to apply it either in public policy or through industrial or private sector activity and involvement.
	Our recommendations are designed to provide a positive framework in which this can happen and to overcome some of the difficulties outlined above. In addition we welcome the commitment to continued support for fundamental science and training given in the Government's White Paper "Excellence and Opportunity".
	We have mapped out our stepping stones for the way ahead. We recognise that there needs to be a strategic framework that should encompass:
	Recognition of the role of the regulator in creating the appropriate balanced market to encourage developments and implementation.
	Ensuring that energy and natural environment policies encourage this process in the UK and in wider international protocols and contexts.
	Engagement with all stakeholders including the public at large in the understanding of the steps that need to be taken and their role within this process.
	A process to sponsor the necessary developments to meet the needs to overcome the barriers that have been a problem in the past.
	We see the way to begin to realise these aims is to establish a set of "sustainability R and D" programmes with the task of "championing" key areas to ensure a sustainable future, each working throughout the disciplines and sectors and funding high profile programmes that are interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral. These will then form themes around which other work and existing initiatives can be co-ordinated and brigaded so that a critical mass of UK work can be seen, identified with and form a context for dialogue and partnership.
	This will create a continuing framework through which firms, universities and research institutes, government, investors, regulators and others can effectively collaborate in key market/development areas. Within this framework interests and "know how" (from all relevant disciplines and sectors) can be brought together on a limited number of major themes, around which others can cluster. It will also provide the framework within which the relevant, existing but rather separate programmes can communicate and more effectively develop a community of interest, common themes and corps of experience.
	We see this being achieved by:
	Establishment of a "UK Sustainable Technologies Development Programme" with participation from the Research Councils, the private sector and government.
	An appropriate source of funding would be the climate change levy, building on the proposals of the Advisory Committee on Business and the Environment.
	Government departments, agencies and the Research Councils taking the initiative within this framework by setting up a limited number of major sub-programmes which would:
	Have major funding derived from the climate change levy or elsewhere. Fund R and D through research initiatives and joint programmes with private sector participation.
	Where relevant, develop and fund joint programmes with universities and firms in other countries where major opportunities for application exist. Engage the regulatory framework in this process to ensure it is aligned with the programmes. (Both UK and, where possible international arrangements).
	Co-ordinate existing initiatives to support these major programmes. Provide co-ordination and exchange of results across the funding bodies and programmes through dedicated web sites, newsletters and other networking.
	We highlight a number of areas where we consider R and D to be priorities in Annex A, but we particularly recommend sub-programmes with the following themes:
	Strategies and technologies for the water stressed world.
	Low and close-to-zero emission power generation.
	Achieving step changes in resource efficiency in products, their production and use.
	(1)http://www.foresight.gov.uk/Previous_Rounds/Foresight_1999_2002/Energy_and_Natural_Environment/Reports/Stepping%20Stones%20to%20Sustainability/SteppingStones.
	 Energy Foresight Panel, 1996( 2) —Recommendations
	The nine high priority opportunities for energy products and services are:
	High hit-rate exploration techniques for oil and gas, to increase accuracy of field identification through improved acquisition, integration, analysis and interpretation of geophysical data.
	Increased oil and gas yields from hydrocarbon reservoirs, by more accurate characterisation and improved simulation, better drive and production technologies.
	Decommissioning of redundant nuclear facilities, involving the safe and economic disposal of redundant facilities, minimising non-recyclable waste.
	Photovoltaic power generation at competitive cost, via development of thin film materials suitable for low cost production and installation.
	"Clean Coal" power generation, involving demonstration of new technologies in three main areas—stack-gas cleaning, coal combustion and gasification.
	Combined cycle units for gas power generation, requiring improvements in components to increase the combined-cycle efficiency to 60 per cent. with natural gas.
	Low emission power units for transport, encompassing a range of technologies based on engine design but including fuel handling and fuel quality sensors.
	Greater efficiency, energy-intensive industrial processes.
	Greater energy-efficient buildings from both build and retrofit, including better adaptation to human behaviour as well as a range of new technologies.
	These are underpinned by eight key technologies and eight key sciences:
	 Key technologies:
	Reservoir Engineering
	Photovoltaic Materials and Manufacture
	Gasification
	Low Emission Combustion Systems
	Gas Turbo-Machinery
	Batteries
	Process Design
	Building Services and Design
	 Key Sciences:
	Geosciences
	Single- and Multi-Phase Flow
	Heat and Mass Transfer
	Combustion Science
	Catalysis and Kinetics
	Mathematical Modelling
	Materials
	Electrochemistry and Surface Science
	(2 )http://www.foresight.gov.uk/Previous_Rounds/Foresight_1994_1999/Energy/chap5.html

Wind Power: Berwickshire

Michael Moore: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much has been provided in subsidies under the  (a) renewables obligation and  (b) Clearskies scheme to support the establishment of (i) onshore and (ii) offshore wind farms in each of the last two years; and how much has been provided for wind farm developments within Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk constituency.

Malcolm Wicks: The renewables obligation is a market based mechanism. It provided the following levels of support to onshore and offshore wind generation in 2004-05 and 2005-06:
	
		
			  £ million 
			   England and Wales  Scotland  Total 
			  Onshore
			 2004-05 35.7 48.4 84.1 
			 2005-06 42.6 57.0 99.6 
			  Offshore
			 2004-05 12.5 — 12.5 
			 2005-06 20.7 — 20.7 
		
	
	Figures are taken from Office for Gas and Electricity Markets' Annual reports on the renewables obligation and are reported on a regional basis. Figures are not held for the Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk constituency.
	There have been no subsidies to support the establishment of wind farms under the Clear Skies scheme.

Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programme

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many breaches of Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programmes there were in each year since 2001 in each local authority area; and if he will make a statement.

Gerry Sutcliffe: holding answer 8 March 2007
	Data on the intensive supervision and surveillance programme (ISSP) is produced by the Youth Justice Board based on returns from ISSP teams. Data on breaches is only available for the financial years 2004-05 and 2005-06 and is set out in the table. The data is not available by local authority but has been broken down by ISSP scheme.
	These are not Home Office statistics and although care is taken in collating and analysing the returns used to compile the figures, the data are of necessity subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system.
	
		
			  ISSP breaches by ISSP Team 2004-05 to 2005-06 
			Total 
			 Berkshire South East 28 
			 Birmingham and Solihull West Midlands 80 
			 Black Country West Midlands 91 
			 Blackburn North West 18 
			 Blackpool North West 27 
			 Bradford Yorkshire 81 
			 Bristol South west 17 
			 Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes South East 32 
			 Cambridgeshire Eastern 24 
			 Cheshire North West 53 
			 Co. Durham North East 39 
			 Coventry West Midlands 22 
			 Cornwall South West 6 
			 Cumbria North West 60 
			 Derby/Derbyshire East Midlands 75 
			 Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole South West 21 
			 Devon, Plymouth, Torbay South West 12 
			 Dyfed - Powys Wales 5 
			 East London London 79 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire Yorkshire 10 
			 Essex South Essex 42 
			 Gateshead, Sunderland, S Tyne North East 88 
			 Greater Manchester Central North West 107 
			 Greater Manchester East North West 153 
			 Greater Manchester West North West 244 
			 Gloucestershire South West 24 
			 Gwent Wales 30 
			 Hertfordshire South East 23 
			 Kent South East 34 
			 Kingston upon Hull Yorkshire 31 
			 Kirklees and Calderdale Yorkshire 73 
			 Knowsley St. Helens and Sefton North West 28 
			 Lambeth and Wandsworth London 12 
			 Lancashire North West 52 
			 Leeds Yorkshire 59 
			 Leicester and Leicestershire East Midlands 137 
			 Lincolnshire East Midlands 33 
			 Liverpool North West 79 
			 Luton and Bedfordshire Eastern 45 
			 Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland North West 117 
			 Newham London 65 
			 Norfolk Eastern 27 
			 Northamptonshire East Midlands 5 
			 North London London 18 
			 North Wales (Rhaglen lawn) Wales 31 
			 Nottingham East Midlands 103 
			 Nottingham County East Midlands 55 
			 Oxfordshire South East 7 
			 Peterborough Eastern 27 
			 Somerset South West 32 
			 South East London London 0 
			 South Gloucestershire South West 9 
			 South London London 91 
			 South Number Yorkshire 55 
			 Southend and Thurrock Eastern 8 
			 South Wales Wales 144 
			 South Yorkshire Yorkshire 204 
			 Staffordshire West Midlands 38 
			 Stoke West Midlands 22 
			 Suffolk East Midlands 55 
			 Surrey South East 40 
			 Sussex East South East 25 
			 Tees Valley North West 147 
			 Thames London 38 
			 Wakefield Yorkshire 28 
			 Warwickshire West Midlands 25 
			 Wessex South East 67 
			 West London London 45 
			 West Mercia West Midlands 47 
			 West Middlesex and Brent London 111 
			 West Sussex South East 17 
			 Wiltshire and Swindon Southwest 24 
			 Wirral North West 16 
			 Wrexham Wales 31 
			 York and North Yorkshire Yorkshire 83 
			  Total 3,931

Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programme

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programmes were attached to court sentences in each year since 2001, broken down by local authority area; and if he will make a statement.

Gerry Sutcliffe: holding answer 8 March 2007
	Data on the intensive supervision and surveillance programme (ISSP) is produced by the Youth Justice Board based on returns from ISSP teams. The data is not available by local authority but has been broken down by ISSP scheme and starts from 2003-04 as data collected in this format prior to full national roll out of the programme is unreliable.
	These are not Home Office statistics and although care is taken in collating and analysing the returns used to compile the figures, the data are of necessity subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system.
	
		
			  ISSP starts by Teams  2003-04  2004-05  2005-06  2006( 1)  Total 
			 Berkshire 54 54 64 33 205 
			 Birmingham and Solihull 196 178 160 121 655 
			 Black Country 113 105 141 96 455 
			 Blackburn — 25 26 23 164 
			 Blackpool — 42 17 23 132 
			 Bradford 90 83 112 27 241 
			 Bristol 50 40 43 46 152 
			 Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes 19 26 48 29 131 
			 Cambridgeshire 23 27 26 20 129 
			 Cheshire 28 86 92 20 256 
			 Co. Durham 56 51 45 35 136 
			 Coventry 58 41 47 15 118 
			 Cornwall 5 14 18 6 75 
			 Cumbria 15 20 34 32 95 
			 Derby/Derbyshire 37 41 84 33 162 
			 Devon, Plymouth Torbay 9 30 31 36 101 
			 Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole 4 21 12 8 148 
			 Dyfed-Powys 4 4 15 11 36 
			 East London 107 88 118 126 353 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire 6 10 9 7 151 
			 Essex 21 43 43 41 323 
			 Gateshead, Sunderland, S Tyne 125 158 96 50 481 
			 Greater Manchester Central 196 150 142 113 584 
			 Greater Manchester, East 177 137 171 119 432 
			 Greater Manchester, West 179 195 245 164 672 
			 Gloucestershire 5 16 16 63 109 
			 Gwent 68 94 97 31 301 
			 Hertfordshire 14 31 42 44 128 
			 Kent 79 83 79 37 244 
			 Kingston upon Hull 11 24 29 45 170 
			 Kirklees and Calderdale 45 59 58 69 266 
			 Knowsley St. Helens and Sefton 72 56 60 75 337 
			 Lambeth and Wandsworth 80 81 78 81 371 
			 Lancashire 146 95 130 103 404 
			 Leeds 131 100 155 97 365 
			 Leicester and Leicestershire 76 96 93 45 351 
			 Lincolnshire 13 37 35 45 181 
			 Liverpool 117 108 115 55 374 
			 Luton and Bedfordshire 64 55 71 25 241 
			 Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland 96 132 120 90 351 
			 Newham 90 75 82 47 217 
			 Norfolk 9 24 26 72 172 
			 Northamptonshire 13 27 8 21 107 
			 North London 50 63 55 65 257 
			 North Wales 51 45 47 19 165 
			 Nottingham 74 63 85 33 227 
			 Nottingham County 54 79 66 21 214 
			 Oxfordshire 46 40 54 37 166 
			 Peterborough 48 49 49 23 202 
			 Somerset 35 26 46 47 125 
			 South East London 81 81 132 48 366 
			 South Gloucestershire 6 7 9 56 93 
			 South London 105 130 109 46 297 
			 South Humber 21 61 70 78 358 
			 Southend and Thurrock 12 44 27 87 330 
			 South Wales 149 125 148 123 512 
			 South Yorkshire 172 180 242 51 529 
			 Staffordshire 116 96 91 80 313 
			 Stoke 56 54 50 45 169 
			 Suffolk 46 43 52 11 112 
			 Surrey 20 31 36 10 255 
			 Sussex, East 6 28 34 32 183 
			 Tees Valley 178 149 192 84 478 
			 Thames 89 92 100 65 267 
			 Wakefield 53 49 49 22 234 
			 Warwickshire 10 17 21 16 98 
			 Wessex 114 135 211 145 552 
			 West London 44 47 53 39 270 
			 West Mercia 61 58 59 46 170 
			 West Middlesex and Brent 131 112 122 86 320 
			 West Sussex 7 15 21 23 115 
			 Wiltshire and Swindon 0 19 31   
			 Wirral 56 63 41 37 210 
			 Wrexham 44 38 66 27 131 
			 York and North Yorkshire 69 59 67 40 235 
			 Total 4,705 4,960 5,568 3,830 19,063 
			 (1) April-December

Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programme

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many breaches of Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programmes (ISSP) there were in each year since 2001; and how many resulted in  (a) return to custody,  (b) return to ISSP and  (c) other outcomes; and if he will make a statement.

Gerry Sutcliffe: holding answer 8 March 2007
	Data on the intensive supervision and surveillance programme (ISSP) is produced by the Youth Justice Board based on returns from ISSP teams. The Youth Justice Board only have breach data available from the financial year 2004-05. The information requested from this date is set out in the table.
	These are not Home Office statistics and although care is taken in collating and analysing the returns used to compile the figures, the data are of necessity, subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system.
	
		
			  Breaches of ISSP, 2004-05 to date 
			   Custody  Return to ISSP  Other  Total 
			 2004-205 431 576 206 1,213 
			 2005-06 825 1,540 373 2,738 
			 April to December 2006 628 359 127 1,114 
			  1,884 2,475 706 5,065

Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programme

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many intensive supervision and surveillance programmes (ISSP) were attached to court sentences for  (a) community rehabilitation orders,  (b) bail,  (c) supervision orders,  (d) community rehabilitation orders and supervision orders following bail ISSP and  (e) detention and training orders in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement.

Gerry Sutcliffe: holding answer 8 March 2007
	Data on the intensive supervision and surveillance programme (ISSP) is produced by the Youth Justice Board based on returns from ISSP teams. The information requested is set out in the following table. These are not Home Office data and although care is taken in collating and analysing the returns used to compile the figures, the data are of necessity subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system.
	
		
			  Financial year  Bail  SO  CRO  SO/CRO  DTO  Sec 90/91  Total 
			 2001-02 131 579 34 — 132 — 876 
			 2002-03 773 1,685 177 — 518 — 3,153 
			 2003-04 1,451 2,081 290 — 883 — 4,705 
			 2005-06 1,419 298 2,112 135 966 30 4,960 
			 2006-07 1,573 285 2,242 214 1,198 56 5,568 
			 2006-07 1,110 214 1,619 120 704 63 3,830 
			  6,457 5,142 6,474 469 4,401 149 23,092 
			  Note: SO/CRO and Sec 90/91 routes were added from 04-05 financial year

Child Support Agency: Interviews

Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many face-to-face customer interviews were conducted by staff at the Child Support Agency in each of the last five years.

James Plaskitt: The administration of the Child Support Agency is a matter for the Chief Executive. He will write to the hon. Member with the information requested.
	 Letter from Stephen Geraghty, dated 9 March 2007:
	In reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about the child Support Agency, the Secretary of State promised a substantive reply from the Chief Executive.
	You asked the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many face-to-face customer interviews have been conducted by staff at the Child Support Agency in each of the last five years. [ 12040 ]
	The information requested is included in the table below. Robust management information is not available for 2001-02. During 2005-06 the Face-to-Face Service was replaced by the Client Interviewing Service.
	The number of face-to-face meetings has fallen in recent years both due to a falling client demand for this service and to improve efficiency within the Agency. Demand for the face-to-face service has declined due to a greater reliance by Agency clients on telephony and internet services. Recent improvements to the Agency's telephony, 97% of calls are now answered from the queue, and calls are answered within 27 seconds, and improved internet access, including the ability to apply for Maintenance Direct online, has likely reduced this demand further. Agency people have been redeployed from Face-to-Face roles to focus on essential work such as reducing the number of uncleared cases, improving client service, and increasing compliance among non-resident parents.
	The Face-to-Face Service provided by the Agency underwent substantial reforms in its transition to the Client Interview Service in September 2005. The duties of the Face-to-Face Service were reallocated within the Agency in order to promote specialisation and professionalism in the service offered. The client Interview Service now focuses solely on facilitative client service interviews; these include supporting clients with communication difficulties or disabilities, assisting complaint resolution ad resolving conflicts in information supplied by Agency clients. There were around 3,800 such interviews between September 2005 and March 2006. Other elements of the previous Face-to-Face Service, including compliance inspection and court presentations, are now being carried out by experts within the Enforcement directorate.
	
		
			   2002-03  2003-04  2004-05 ( 1) 2005-06 
			 Face-to-Face Service 67,240 32,404 26,136 12,593 
			 Client Interview — — — 3,836 
			 Total 67,240 32,404 26,136 16,429 
			 (1 )The Face-to-Face Service ended on the 19 September 2006, and was replaced by the Client Interview Service 
		
	
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Occupational Pensions

Ashok Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how the cost of implementing the Ombudsman's March 2006 recommendations on the compensation of employees suffering pension shortfalls has been calculated.

James Purnell: I refer the hon. Member to the annex to the Government's response to the report by the parliamentary Ombudsman "Trusting in the Pensions Promise", published in June 2006.